| Drugs and Alcohol Debate and defend your political beliefs of whether or not some drugs should be illegal or legalized. | 
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Originally Posted by RidinHighSpeeds for marijuana, I will let that one slide. But all other drugs...gotta use common sense.  | Right on! Marijuana is a naturally occuring plant that needs no human process before consumption. It should be as legal as a tomatoe plant.
I think most of the country would be ok with just marijuana being legalized. We can use the money earned off of legalization to educate people to avoid the harder drugs. | Which brings us to my next point... Tomatoes should be illegal... | Lol!
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Originally Posted by RidinHighSpeeds haha...Almost spit my tomato out when I was reading that! Yes, I was eating a tomato at the time I was reading tadpole's post...I love tomatoes. | So do I, I eat them raw with a little salt sprinkled on them... Yum! | |
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Originally Posted by RidinHighSpeeds haha...Almost spit my tomato out when I was reading that! Yes, I was eating a tomato at the time I was reading tadpole's post...I love tomatoes. | Deviant! Next thing you know, you'll be schitzophrenic, playing the piano wildly, and having premarital sex! (If you haven't seen Reefer Madness, you might not get this.)
Anyway, if people are educated, and the thrill of doing something illegal is taken out of the equation, I think drug abuse numbers for hard drugs might actually go down... Plus, if people want to hurt themselves, it's their right. I am a big believer in freedom as defined by what we can do, and not as being free from evil. | |
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Originally Posted by Dylan Plus, if people want to hurt themselves, it's their right. I am a big believer in freedom as defined by what we can do, and not as being free from evil. | Hear hear!
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Originally Posted by RidinHighSpeeds I've got a whole bag of them right in front of me. Picked them yesterday at my grandmothers house. My parents make fun of me because I eat a tomatoe as if it was an apple. | That's the best way to eat 'em when they are home grown. getting to the end of tomatoe season around these parts.
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Originally Posted by Dylan .... And use the money for education.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. We're wasting an awful lot of money. Besides, people should have a right to do as they choose with their bodies, even if it is self-harm. People have a right to be stupid.
Personally, I have never done drugs, nor do I ever plan on doing drugs. I don't smoke, I don't drink, etc. The closest I get to drugs is my morning cup of caffeinated green tea. I just feel like the American government is wasting our tax money on something that's going to happen, regardless, especially when there are so many more important things out there. Think of all of the money we could save! The cost of imprisoning all of these druggies alone has to be pretty high (no pun intended).
Plus, if drugs are legal, we can regulate and tax them, which means more revenue! | Regulating drugs, does not sound like the best thing to do. We could make tons of money off of legalized drugs, but what kind of country would we be to legalize drugs. If we were to legalize thing such as Cocaine and heroine, I could only see even more violent crimes happening. Legalizing drugs is just not a smart thing. | Pharmacies make billions off of getting patients addicted to sythetics; that's why holistic treatments are so obscure in this country. You can't make money off of a healthy population, you gotta feed 'em shitburgers and greese so you can squeeze their money out of them when they need heart surgery, or put them on five different medications while putting them through toxic treatments like chemo. You have to remember that it's a business, not a group of good-hearted wo/men on a mission to bring good health and happiness to the people of the world.
Cocaine and heroin are used as a sort of social control in my opinion; Crack- a cure for the poor. I think the CIA/DEA could easily undermine the drug trade, but it keeps the prisons in business and makes it seem as though they're doing their job when they're just shootin' fish in a barrel. If you ask me, I think the CIA is nothing but extremely well-organized crime.
There's no room for simple people in the richest country in the world, that's why squatting, panhandling, distribution of free food, and dumpster diving are all illegal. But I'm getting way off topic with this...
Legalizing drugs is just code for legalizing the poor, and that's something the feds don't feel like they can afford.
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Originally Posted by Dylan .... And use the money for education.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. We're wasting an awful lot of money. Besides, people should have a right to do as they choose with their bodies, even if it is self-harm. People have a right to be stupid.
Personally, I have never done drugs, nor do I ever plan on doing drugs. I don't smoke, I don't drink, etc. The closest I get to drugs is my morning cup of caffeinated green tea. I just feel like the American government is wasting our tax money on something that's going to happen, regardless, especially when there are so many more important things out there. Think of all of the money we could save! The cost of imprisoning all of these druggies alone has to be pretty high (no pun intended).
Plus, if drugs are legal, we can regulate and tax them, which means more revenue! | Regulating drugs, does not sound like the best thing to do. We could make tons of money off of legalized drugs, but what kind of country would we be to legalize drugs. If we were to legalize thing such as Cocaine and heroine, I could only see even more violent crimes happening. Legalizing drugs is just not a smart thing. | Pharmacies make billions off of getting patients addicted to sythetics; that's why holistic treatments are so obscure in this country. You can't make money off of a healthy population, you gotta feed 'em shitburgers and greese so you can squeeze their money out of them when they need heart surgery, or put them on five different medications while putting them through toxic treatments like chemo. You have to remember that it's a business, not a group of good-hearted wo/men on a mission to bring good health and happiness to the people of the world.
Cocaine and heroin are used as a sort of social control in my opinion; Crack- a cure for the poor. I think the CIA/DEA could easily undermine the drug trade, but it keeps the prisons in business and makes it seem as though they're doing their job when they're just shootin' fish in a barrel. If you ask me, I think the CIA is nothing but extremely well-organized crime.
There's no room for simple people in the richest country in the world, that's why squatting, panhandling, distribution of free food, and dumpster diving are all illegal. But I'm getting way off topic with this...
Legalizing drugs is just code for legalizing the poor, and that's something the feds don't feel like they can afford. | That is why I feel marijuana is not legal already.
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Originally Posted by Dylan .... And use the money for education.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. We're wasting an awful lot of money. Besides, people should have a right to do as they choose with their bodies, even if it is self-harm. People have a right to be stupid.
Personally, I have never done drugs, nor do I ever plan on doing drugs. I don't smoke, I don't drink, etc. The closest I get to drugs is my morning cup of caffeinated green tea. I just feel like the American government is wasting our tax money on something that's going to happen, regardless, especially when there are so many more important things out there. Think of all of the money we could save! The cost of imprisoning all of these druggies alone has to be pretty high (no pun intended).
Plus, if drugs are legal, we can regulate and tax them, which means more revenue! | Regulating drugs, does not sound like the best thing to do. We could make tons of money off of legalized drugs, but what kind of country would we be to legalize drugs. If we were to legalize thing such as Cocaine and heroine, I could only see even more violent crimes happening. Legalizing drugs is just not a smart thing. | Pharmacies make billions off of getting patients addicted to sythetics; that's why holistic treatments are so obscure in this country. You can't make money off of a healthy population, you gotta feed 'em shitburgers and greese so you can squeeze their money out of them when they need heart surgery, or put them on five different medications while putting them through toxic treatments like chemo. You have to remember that it's a business, not a group of good-hearted wo/men on a mission to bring good health and happiness to the people of the world.
Cocaine and heroin are used as a sort of social control in my opinion; Crack- a cure for the poor. I think the CIA/DEA could easily undermine the drug trade, but it keeps the prisons in business and makes it seem as though they're doing their job when they're just shootin' fish in a barrel. If you ask me, I think the CIA is nothing but extremely well-organized crime.
There's no room for simple people in the richest country in the world, that's why squatting, panhandling, distribution of free food, and dumpster diving are all illegal. But I'm getting way off topic with this...
Legalizing drugs is just code for legalizing the poor, and that's something the feds don't feel like they can afford. | That is why I feel marijuana is not legal already. | Actually the only reason weed is illegal is because it would devastate the business of Big Tobacco. | |
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